Van Vuuren’s apology comes in the wake of Showmax announcing their decision to review content on its platform that could be considered to be racially insensitive.
Although he admits that he “effed up”, Downey Jr. says he has no regrets because the film he sported blackface for was about how wrong blackface was.
“I thought: ‘Hold on, dude. Get real here. Where is your heart?’ My heart is a) I get to be black for a summer in my mind, so there’s something in it for me. The other thing is I get to hold up to nature the insane, self-involved hypocrisy of artists and what they think they’re allowed to do on occasion.”“I convinced myself that any of the characters I portrayed would be from a place of love and respect.
“Living with the shame of that is a small price to pay for unlearning my prejudices and the growth that comes with accepting the consequence of my behaviour.
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